Explore Support for Chronic Illness and Work
Career & Chronic brings together practical guidance, frameworks, programs and resources for women navigating work alongside chronic illness, fluctuating capacity and changing career needs.
Whether you are rebuilding confidence, returning to work, redefining ambition or creating a more sustainable way of working, the site is organised into pathways that support different stages of the journey.
Career Maps
Explore guiding frameworks for understanding the emotional, practical and career stages of chronic illness and work.
Programs
Access practical programs and guided support for confidence, return to work, emotional wellbeing and sustainable ambition.
The Library
Read articles, podcasts and resources exploring chronic illness, leadership, ambition, work and wellbeing.
Private Support
Explore private mentoring, strategic guidance and deeper support for navigating career decisions alongside chronic illness.
Work Pause
Support for periods where work becomes impossible, uncertain or unsustainable due to illness, burnout or changing capacity.
Explore The Cocoon
Returning to Work
Practical support for rebuilding confidence, navigating uncertainty and reconnecting with work after illness or burnout.
Explore Return to Work
Fluctuating Capacity
Resources for managing changing energy, boundaries, work expectations and sustainability over time.
Explore Circle of Wellness
Confidence for
Chronic Illness At Work
Support for rebuilding confidence, navigating changing capacity and creating a more sustainable relationship with work while living with chronic illness.
Explore the Career Confidence
Explore the Maps and Frameworks
Career & Chronic brings together practical frameworks designed to support different stages of chronic illness and work.
Career Map
A guiding framework for navigating different stages of chronic illness and work.
Emotional Map
A framework for understanding the emotional stages of chronic illness, identity shifts and support.
Circle of Wellness
A guiding framework for managing fluctuating energy, boundaries and sustainable work capacity.”
Authentic Ambition
Exploring ambition, leadership and meaningful work alongside chronic illness.
Created by Michelle Irving
Michelle Irving is founder of Career & Chronic and Chronic Illness At Work. Her work explores chronic illness, ambition, identity, leadership and sustainable work through practical frameworks, educational resources and strategic guidance.
About Michelle Irving
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